Research Connections’ librarians have curated this page to include publications that may be of particular interest to child care and early education policymakers, professionals supporting the workforce, and researchers. The publications were selected because they align with federal priorities, seasonal priorities, current events, or national interest. Many of the highlighted publications have been featured in Research Connections newsletters.
Child care is increasingly unaffordable for many American families. This study looks at child care centers’ participation in child care subsidy systems which help families with low incomes access child care. The authors use nationally representative data from the 2012 National Survey of Early…
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the ability to directly assess children. Using data from Head Start, this report examines whether an alternate measure—teacher reports—can be used reliably when direct assessments are unavailable. The findings indicate that teacher reports have strong associations…
This 2021 Longitudinal Workforce Report provides information from the National Workforce Registry Alliance. The report uses data from 14 registries that “met quality standards in the data collection and reporting on early childhood and out-of- school-time workforce data” (p. 2). Analyses…